Things seem to change quickly or sometimes not much at all. Consider this classified advertisement for land in the Kingston Ranch area:

480 ACRES NEAR KINGSTON, CAL.
SANDY VALLEY, NEV
$100 per acre, newly drilled 1,200
gallon well. Will drill other wells
to suit buyer. Land being prepared
for planting. 800 acres of cotton
growing nearby. Also HD-14 Trac-
tor with bulldozer and D-8 Cater-
pillar tractor with carryall. Terms:
land or equipment. Hesson, 2428
Panorama Terrace, Los Angeles.
NOrmaady 16022.

This ad appeared in The Fresno Bee on June 7, 1953.